Breakout by Don Pendleton

Author:Don Pendleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Published: 2013-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Columbus, Ohio

Pausing in the lee of the hedge maze, a pair of uniformed guards shouldered their assault rifles to light a joint, and dragged the sweet, dark smoke deep into their lungs.

“Ah... That’s the stuff, Cletus,” the guard said after a long exhale. “Not like the shit they cook in the lab.”

“Weed is natural, Devon,” Cletus agreed in a high-pitched voice, trying not to exhale yet. “Meth is just a bunch of chemicals. Rots your teeth, rots your brain...”

“Weed cures cancer,” Devon said, accepting back the joint.

“Does it?”

“Near enough,” he replied with a shrug. “Weed is legal in California. Just need a doctor’s prescription.”

“Doctor Feelgood? I know that guy.”

“You are that guy.” Devon chuckled. “So what do you think happened to the boss? Haven’t seen him in days.”

“Who the fuck knows? We work for a zoner. The man puts enough product up his nose to kill a velociraptor.”

“Meth,” Devon said as if expelling a piece of offal from his mouth. “You ever see the guys in the lab? They look like astronauts in those crazy suits.”

“Crazy,” Cletus said with great feeling.

Suddenly a low roar filled the evening air.

As the guards turned, a hulking great machine exploded out of the hedge maze and charged straight for them.

Screaming in fright, Devon dropped his M14 and dashed away, shouting for help. Working the arming bolt, Cletus stood his ground and opened fire. The stuttering stream of 5.56 mm rounds musically ricocheted off the armored prow of the Grizzly like autumn hail.

It only took a moment for him to switch to the 40 mm grenade launcher, but that was enough. As he swung up the barrel, the Grizzly slammed into the man and he violently doubled over the armored prow then rebounded, spewing red life from every orifice.

“That was disgusting,” Weinberg said, using the back of her hand to wipe some splatter off her face as more blood continued to drip through the gun port.

Careening the Grizzly past a marble fountain, Bolan sent the machine crashing through a flower garden, then braked hard. The end of the Grizzly fishtailed wide and slammed into the guard kiosk at the front gate. The bricks exploded in every direction, and the men inside never even had a chance to scream as they died, brutally reduced to crimson pulp.

Slamming the pedal to the floor, Bolan shifted into high gear. The diesel engine roared with power and the wheels squealed as the Grizzly shot forward.

“Brace yourself!” Bolan shouted, aiming for the front door.

They only got halfway there before incoming rounds peppered the hull of the Grizzly from several directions. The vehicle hit the revolving door like the fist of God.

Noise and chaos ruled for a moment and everything loose inside the Grizzly went flying from the recoil of the jarring impact. Then they were through and speeding across the smooth terrazzo floor of the spacious lobby.

As guards appeared, Weinberg and Gonzales opened up with their AK-101 assault rifles and the men danced like mad puppets from the hammering barrage of 5.

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